Author Rebecca MacKinnon explores how to make Internet freedom-friendly

8:04 PM,
Nov. 26, 2012

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Matt Frassica

For every activist group organizing through social media, there are oppressive governments tracking down dissidents through those same avenues. Arab Spring protesters use Twitter to topple autocrats while Chinese authorities block online discussions of a dissident artist.

How do we make the Internet more conducive to democracy than to oppression? Journalist Rebecca MacKinnon will address this question at a talk tonight presented by the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. ...